server : move chat-template thinking probe inside the init try/catch (#24093)

A model whose chat template parses at init but fails parser generation
at apply time (e.g. uses {% call %}) throws std::invalid_argument from
common_chat_templates_support_enable_thinking(), which ran outside the
try/catch guarding common_chat_templates_init(). The throw was uncaught
and llama-cli aborted (SIGABRT) instead of failing to load. Moved the
probe inside that try/catch so an apply-time error fails load the same
way an init parse error does.

Signed-off-by: Jesse LaRose <jesse@taey.ai>

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 ```cpp

ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ops.cpp

@@ -7324,11 +7324,12 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_conv_2d_dw_cwhn(
 
 #ifdef GGML_SIMD
     int64_t c_pkg_end = 0;
+    int64_t pkg_size = GGML_F32_EPR;
     if (knl_type == GGML_TYPE_F32) {
     #if defined(__ARM_FEATURE_SVE)
-        const int64_t pkg_size = svcntw();
+        pkg_size = svcntw();
     #else
-        const int64_t pkg_size = GGML_F32_EPR;
+        pkg_size = GGML_F32_EPR;
     #endif
         c_pkg_end = (c / pkg_size) * pkg_size;
     }
@@ -7345,7 +7346,7 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_conv_2d_dw_cwhn(
             const int64_t src_x_base = dst_x * p.stride_x - p.pad_x;
 
 #ifdef GGML_SIMD
-            for (int64_t c_i = 0; c_i < c_pkg_end; c_i += GGML_F32_EPR) {
+            for (int64_t c_i = 0; c_i < c_pkg_end; c_i += pkg_size) {
                 GGML_F32_VEC sum = GGML_F32_VEC_ZERO;
                 for (int64_t knl_y = 0; knl_y < p.knl_h; ++knl_y) {
                     const int64_t src_y = src_y_base + knl_y * p.dilation_y;

ggml/src/ggml-cuda/ggml-cuda.cu

@@ -4917,7 +4917,9 @@ static bool ggml_backend_cuda_device_supports_op(ggml_backend_dev_t dev, const g
         case GGML_OP_IM2COL:
         case GGML_OP_IM2COL_3D:
         case GGML_OP_CONV_2D:
+            return true;
         case GGML_OP_CONV_2D_DW:
+            return op->src[0]->type == GGML_TYPE_F32;
         case GGML_OP_CONV_TRANSPOSE_2D:
         case GGML_OP_POOL_2D:
             return true;

ggml/src/ggml-cuda/mmvq.cu

@@ -549,8 +549,8 @@ static __global__ void mul_mat_vec_q(
 
     [[maybe_unused]] float x_biases[ncols_dst]    = { 0.0f };
     [[maybe_unused]] float gate_biases[ncols_dst] = { 0.0f };
-    [[maybe_unused]] float x_scales;
-    [[maybe_unused]] float gate_scales;
+    [[maybe_unused]] float x_scales = 1.0f;
+    [[maybe_unused]] float gate_scales = 1.0f;
     if constexpr (has_fusion) {
         // 1. Hide latency by prefetching bias, gates and scales here
         // 2. load only on threads that won't die after partial sum calculation
@@ -655,47 +655,38 @@ static __global__ void mul_mat_vec_q(
                     tmp_gate[j][i] = warp_reduce_sum<warp_size>(tmp_gate[j][i]);
                 }
             }
-        }
 
-        if (threadIdx.x < rows_per_cuda_block && (rows_per_cuda_block == 1 || uint32_t(row0 + threadIdx.x) < stride_col_dst)) {
-            float result = tmp[j][threadIdx.x];
-            if constexpr (has_fusion) {
-                if constexpr (type == GGML_TYPE_NVFP4) {
-                    if (use_scale) {
+            if (threadIdx.x == i && (rows_per_cuda_block == 1 || uint32_t(row0 + i) < stride_col_dst)) {
+                float result = tmp[j][i];
+                if constexpr (has_fusion) {
+                    if constexpr (type == GGML_TYPE_NVFP4) {
                         result *= x_scales;
                     }
-                }
-                if (use_bias) {
                     result += x_biases[j];
-                }
-                if (use_gate) {
-                    float gate_value = tmp_gate[j][threadIdx.x];
-                    if constexpr (type == GGML_TYPE_NVFP4) {
-                        if (use_gate_scale) {
+                    if (use_gate) {
+                        float gate_value = tmp_gate[j][i];
+                        if constexpr (type == GGML_TYPE_NVFP4) {
                             gate_value *= gate_scales;
                         }
-                    }
-                    if (use_gate_bias) {
                         gate_value += gate_biases[j];
-                    }
-                    switch (active_glu) {
-                        case GGML_GLU_OP_SWIGLU:
-                            result *= ggml_cuda_op_silu_single(gate_value);
-                            break;
-                        case GGML_GLU_OP_GEGLU:
-                            result *= ggml_cuda_op_gelu_single(gate_value);
-                            break;
-                        case GGML_GLU_OP_SWIGLU_OAI: {
-                            result = ggml_cuda_op_swiglu_oai_single(gate_value, result);
-                            break;
+                        switch (active_glu) {
+                            case GGML_GLU_OP_SWIGLU:
+                                result *= ggml_cuda_op_silu_single(gate_value);
+                                break;
+                            case GGML_GLU_OP_GEGLU:
+                                result *= ggml_cuda_op_gelu_single(gate_value);
+                                break;
+                            case GGML_GLU_OP_SWIGLU_OAI:
+                                result = ggml_cuda_op_swiglu_oai_single(gate_value, result);
+                                break;
+                            default:
+                                result = result * gate_value;
+                                break;
                         }
-                        default:
-                            result = result * gate_value;
-                            break;
                     }
                 }
+                dst[j*stride_col_dst + i] = result;
             }
-            dst[j*stride_col_dst + threadIdx.x] = result;
         }
     }
 

tests/test-backend-ops.cpp

@@ -1326,34 +1326,32 @@ struct test_case {
         };
         const bool use_weights = use_weight_context();
 
-        ggml_context * ctx = ggml_init(params);
+        ggml_context_ptr ctx(ggml_init(params));
         GGML_ASSERT(ctx);
-        ggml_context * ctx_weights = use_weights ? ggml_init(params) : nullptr;
+        ggml_context_ptr ctx_weights(use_weights ? ggml_init(params) : nullptr);
         GGML_ASSERT(!use_weights || ctx_weights);
 
-        gf = ggml_new_graph(ctx);
+        gf = ggml_new_graph(ctx.get());
 
         // pre-graph sentinel
-        add_sentinel(ctx);
+        add_sentinel(ctx.get());
         if (ctx_weights) {
-            add_sentinel(ctx_weights);
+            add_sentinel(ctx_weights.get());
         }
 
-        ggml_tensor * out = build_graph(ctx, ctx_weights);
+        ggml_tensor * out = build_graph(ctx.get(), ctx_weights.get());
         current_op_name   = op_desc(out);
-        check_for_f16_tensor(ctx);
+        check_for_f16_tensor(ctx.get());
 
         if (!matches_filter(out, op_names_filter)) {
             //printf("  %s: skipping\n", op_desc(out).c_str());
-            ggml_free(ctx_weights);
-            ggml_free(ctx);
             return test_status_t::SKIPPED;
         }
 
         // check if the backends support the ops
         bool supported = true;
         for (ggml_backend_t backend : {backend1, backend2}) {
-            for (ggml_tensor * t = ggml_get_first_tensor(ctx); t != NULL; t = ggml_get_next_tensor(ctx, t)) {
+            for (ggml_tensor * t = ggml_get_first_tensor(ctx.get()); t != NULL; t = ggml_get_next_tensor(ctx.get(), t)) {
                 if (!ggml_backend_supports_op(backend, t)) {
                     supported = false;
                     break;
@@ -1368,37 +1366,30 @@ struct test_case {
 
             print_test_result_locked(output_printer, result);
 
-            ggml_free(ctx_weights);
-            ggml_free(ctx);
             return test_status_t::NOT_SUPPORTED;
         }
 
         // post-graph sentinel
-        add_sentinel(ctx);
+        add_sentinel(ctx.get());
         if (ctx_weights) {
-            add_sentinel(ctx_weights);
+            add_sentinel(ctx_weights.get());
         }
 
-        ggml_backend_buffer_t buf_weights = nullptr;
+        ggml_backend_buffer_ptr buf_weights(nullptr);
         if (ctx_weights) {
-            buf_weights = ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors(ctx_weights, backend1);
+            buf_weights.reset(ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors(ctx_weights.get(), backend1));
             if (buf_weights == NULL) {
                 printf("failed to allocate weight tensors [%s] ", ggml_backend_name(backend1));
-                ggml_free(ctx_weights);
-                ggml_free(ctx);
                 return test_status_t::FAIL;
             }
-            ggml_backend_buffer_set_usage(buf_weights, GGML_BACKEND_BUFFER_USAGE_WEIGHTS);
+            ggml_backend_buffer_set_usage(buf_weights.get(), GGML_BACKEND_BUFFER_USAGE_WEIGHTS);
         }
 
         // allocate
-        ggml_backend_buffer_t buf = ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors(ctx, backend1);
+        ggml_backend_buffer_ptr buf(ggml_backend_alloc_ctx_tensors(ctx.get(), backend1));
 
         if (buf == NULL) {
             printf("failed to allocate tensors [%s] ", ggml_backend_name(backend1));
-            ggml_backend_buffer_free(buf_weights);
-            ggml_free(ctx_weights);
-            ggml_free(ctx);
             return test_status_t::FAIL;
         }
 
@@ -1411,9 +1402,9 @@ struct test_case {
         }
 
         // randomize tensors
-        initialize_tensors(ctx);
+        initialize_tensors(ctx.get());
         if (ctx_weights) {
-            initialize_tensors(ctx_weights);
+            initialize_tensors(ctx_weights.get());
         }
 
         // compare
@@ -1499,11 +1490,6 @@ struct test_case {
                                                                run_whole_graph() ? fused_nodes_to_verify.data() : nullptr,
                                                                fused_nodes_to_verify.size());
 
-        ggml_backend_buffer_free(buf);
-        ggml_backend_buffer_free(buf_weights);
-        ggml_free(ctx_weights);
-        ggml_free(ctx);
-
         // Create test result
         bool        test_passed = ud.ok && cmp_ok;
         std::string error_msg   = test_passed ? "" : (!cmp_ok ? "compare failed" : "test failed");
@@ -9842,7 +9828,7 @@ static bool test_backend(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_backend_dev_t dev, test_mo
     filter_test_cases(test_cases, params_filter);
 
     if (mode == MODE_TEST) {
-        ggml_backend_t backend_cpu = ggml_backend_init_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU, NULL);
+        ggml_backend_ptr backend_cpu(ggml_backend_init_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU, NULL));
         if (backend_cpu == NULL) {
             test_operation_info info("", "", "CPU");
             info.set_error("backend", "Failed to initialize CPU backend");
@@ -9851,10 +9837,10 @@ static bool test_backend(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_backend_dev_t dev, test_mo
         }
         // Use reference implementation on the CPU backend for comparison
         using ggml_backend_cpu_set_use_ref_t = void (*)(ggml_backend_t, bool);
-        auto * reg = ggml_backend_dev_backend_reg(ggml_backend_get_device(backend_cpu));
+        auto * reg = ggml_backend_dev_backend_reg(ggml_backend_get_device(backend_cpu.get()));
         auto * set_use_ref = (ggml_backend_cpu_set_use_ref_t) ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address(reg, "ggml_backend_cpu_set_use_ref");
         if (set_use_ref) {
-            set_use_ref(backend_cpu, true);
+            set_use_ref(backend_cpu.get(), true);
         }
 
         std::atomic<size_t> n_ok = 0;
@@ -9901,29 +9887,26 @@ static bool test_backend(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_backend_dev_t dev, test_mo
         if (parallel_workers <= 1) {
             // Reuse the outer backend / backend_cpu so we don't pay an
             // extra CPU backend init.
-            run_tests(backend, backend_cpu);
+            run_tests(backend, backend_cpu.get());
         } else {
             std::atomic<size_t> workers_started = 0;
 
             const auto & eval_worker = [&]() {
-                ggml_backend_t b = ggml_backend_dev_init(dev, NULL);
+                ggml_backend_ptr b(ggml_backend_dev_init(dev, NULL));
                 if (b == NULL) {
                     return;
                 }
 
-                ggml_backend_t b_cpu = ggml_backend_init_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU, NULL);
+                ggml_backend_ptr b_cpu(ggml_backend_init_by_type(GGML_BACKEND_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU, NULL));
                 if (b_cpu == NULL) {
-                    ggml_backend_free(b);
                     return;
                 }
 
                 if (set_use_ref) {
-                    set_use_ref(b_cpu, true);
+                    set_use_ref(b_cpu.get(), true);
                 }
                 workers_started++;
-                run_tests(b, b_cpu);
-                ggml_backend_free(b_cpu);
-                ggml_backend_free(b);
+                run_tests(b.get(), b_cpu.get());
             };
 
             std::vector<std::thread> threads;
@@ -9936,7 +9919,6 @@ static bool test_backend(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_backend_dev_t dev, test_mo
             }
 
             if (workers_started == 0 && !test_cases.empty()) {
-                ggml_backend_free(backend_cpu);
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -9944,8 +9926,6 @@ static bool test_backend(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_backend_dev_t dev, test_mo
         output_printer->print_summary(test_summary_info(n_ok, tests_run, false));
         output_printer->print_failed_tests(failed_tests);
 
-        ggml_backend_free(backend_cpu);
-
         return n_ok == tests_run;
     }
 
@@ -10051,10 +10031,10 @@ static void show_test_coverage() {
     };
 
     for (auto & test_case : test_cases) {
-        ggml_context * ctx = ggml_init(params);
+        ggml_context_ptr ctx(ggml_init(params));
         if (ctx) {
             test_case->mode = MODE_TEST;
-            ggml_tensor * out = test_case->build_graph(ctx);
+            ggml_tensor * out = test_case->build_graph(ctx.get());
             if (out && out->op != GGML_OP_NONE) {
                 if (out->op == GGML_OP_UNARY) {
                     tested_ops.insert(ggml_unary_op_name(ggml_get_unary_op(out)));
@@ -10064,7 +10044,6 @@ static void show_test_coverage() {
                     tested_ops.insert(ggml_op_name(out->op));
                 }
             }
-            ggml_free(ctx);
         }
     }
     std::set<std::string> covered_ops;
@@ -10219,14 +10198,14 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
             continue;
         }
 
-        ggml_backend_t backend = ggml_backend_dev_init(dev, NULL);
+        ggml_backend_ptr backend(ggml_backend_dev_init(dev, NULL));
         GGML_ASSERT(backend != NULL);
 
         ggml_backend_reg_t reg = ggml_backend_dev_backend_reg(dev);
         auto ggml_backend_set_n_threads_fn = (ggml_backend_set_n_threads_t) ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address(reg, "ggml_backend_set_n_threads");
         if (ggml_backend_set_n_threads_fn) {
             // TODO: better value for n_threads
-            ggml_backend_set_n_threads_fn(backend, N_THREADS);
+            ggml_backend_set_n_threads_fn(backend.get(), N_THREADS);
         }
 
         size_t free, total;  // NOLINT
@@ -10235,15 +10214,13 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
                                                              false, "", ggml_backend_dev_description(dev),
                                                              total / 1024 / 1024, free / 1024 / 1024, true));
 
-        bool ok = test_backend(backend, dev, mode, op_names_filter, params_filter, output_printer.get(), test_file_path, parallel_workers);
+        bool ok = test_backend(backend.get(), dev, mode, op_names_filter, params_filter, output_printer.get(), test_file_path, parallel_workers);
 
         if (ok) {
             n_ok++;
         }
         output_printer->print_backend_status(
-            backend_status_info(ggml_backend_name(backend), ok ? test_status_t::OK : test_status_t::FAIL));
-
-        ggml_backend_free(backend);
+            backend_status_info(ggml_backend_name(backend.get()), ok ? test_status_t::OK : test_status_t::FAIL));
     }
 
     ggml_quantize_free();

tools/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp

@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ static cmd_params parse_cmd_params(int argc, char ** argv) {
     params.delay                = cmd_params_defaults.delay;
     params.progress             = cmd_params_defaults.progress;
     params.no_warmup            = cmd_params_defaults.no_warmup;
+    params.offline              = cmd_params_defaults.offline;
 
     if (const char * env = getenv("HF_TOKEN")) {
         params.hf_token = env;

tools/server/server-context.cpp

@@ -1444,6 +1444,7 @@ private:
         // populate chat template params
         {
             common_chat_templates_ptr chat_templates;
+            bool enable_thinking = false;
 
             try {
                 chat_templates = common_chat_templates_init(model_tgt, params_base.chat_template);
@@ -1451,6 +1452,12 @@ private:
                 SRV_TRC("%s: chat template, example_format: '%s'\n", __func__,
                     common_chat_format_example(chat_templates.get(), params_base.use_jinja, params_base.default_template_kwargs).c_str());
 
+                // thinking is enabled if:
+                // 1. It's not explicitly disabled via --reasoning off
+                // 2. The chat template supports it
+                const bool template_supports_thinking = params_base.use_jinja && common_chat_templates_support_enable_thinking(chat_templates.get());
+                enable_thinking = params_base.enable_reasoning != 0 && template_supports_thinking;
+                SRV_TRC("%s: chat template, thinking = %d\n", __func__, enable_thinking);
             } catch (const std::exception & e) {
                 SRV_ERR("%s: chat template parsing error: %s\n", __func__, e.what());
                 SRV_ERR("%s: please consider disabling jinja via --no-jinja, or use a custom chat template via --chat-template\n", __func__);
@@ -1458,13 +1465,6 @@ private:
                 return false;
             }
 
-            // thinking is enabled if:
-            // 1. It's not explicitly disabled via --reasoning off
-            // 2. The chat template supports it
-            const bool template_supports_thinking = params_base.use_jinja && common_chat_templates_support_enable_thinking(chat_templates.get());
-            const bool enable_thinking = params_base.enable_reasoning != 0 && template_supports_thinking;
-            SRV_TRC("%s: chat template, thinking = %d\n", __func__, enable_thinking);
-
             // IMPORTANT: chat_params is reused across sleeping / resuming states,
             //            never store llama_context/llama_model pointers in chat_params,
             //            as they may be invalidated after sleeping